27th Annual Peninsula Glass Guild Members Exhibition

Clay McGlamory - Fluid Variations: Recent Works in Glass

These shows end January 25, 2015 at Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

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Michael Rogers

About the Juror Michael Rogers is currently Full Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology s College of Imaging Arts and. He returned to the United States after spending 11 years in Japan where he was head of Aichi University s Glass Department.. Michael s work is in the permanent collections of the Suntory Museum in Japan, First Contemporary Glass Museum in Spain, Museo del Vidrio in Mexico, National Museum in Lviv, Ukraine, and the Corning Museum of Glass in the United States. Recent exhibitions have been displayed at The Rochester Contemporary, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Pittsburgh Glass Center, in Lviv, Ukraine and at the Koganezaki Glass Museum, Ugusu Nishiizu-cho, Japan. Michael has taught workshops at The Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey, The Studio in Corning, NY, Pilchuck in Seattle and Haystack in Maine. Currently Michael maintains Studio Apparition, his private studio outside Honeoye Falls, NY. Juror s Statement I appreciated this opportunity to see the variety of art being made with glass here in The Charles H Taylor Art Center.  As a Juror, I found myself in the difficult position of trying to define "quality" inherent in the works of art.  The choices were difficult but my criteria was simple.  I wanted to be surprised and so looked for evidence of risk taking that led to bravely unique works.  Another concern was how successfully material and process fed into the content of the work.  I always look for and admire excellent craftsmanship that leads to well resolved workCharlotte Potter's work, "Threshold", stood out as bravely unique involving risk, Emilio Santini's "Dreams of Lost Desires" was like a softly poetic visual whisper.  Julia and Robin Rogers work stood out as the most cohesive body of work in the exhibition, and I found it delightful and lyrical. Kristi Totoritis's work, "Perfect Honeymoon" is intricately executed, a mysterious hybrid of delicate imagery and sculptural presentation. The abstraction embodied in the works of Fran Ward and Ali Rogan was contemplative and strong.Congratulations to all on the sincerity of your best efforts and the diversity of your expressions.